TV sports pundit charged over motorway crash

Former England footballer Paul Merson has been summonsed to appear in court to face a charge of driving with excess alcohol following a motorway crash.

By The Newsroom

Published 7th Dec 2011, 06:00 BST

The 43-year-old pundit was arrested after his Mercedes collided with a lorry registered to the Ministry of Defence in the early hours of October 12.

Merson later claimed he had fallen asleep behind the wheel before colliding with the central reservation at 3.12am.

He was breathalysed at the side of the M40, near Warwick, before being taken to hospital for treatment to a cut to the head.

The ex-footballer is understood to have been returning to his home in Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, after a charity event in London, in aid of Children In Need when he crashed.